Word: jeritza
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Dates: during 1961-1961
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...Metropolitan Opera season has not opened on a gaudier note since Maria Jeritza made her entrance as the stripteasing heroine of Thais in 1923. The cowgirl with the red braided hair was Soprano Leontyne Price (TIME cover, March 10), and the opera that rang up last week's curtain was La Fanciulla del West, or The Girl of the Golden West, by that old roughrider, Giacomo Puccini. Even among ardent Puccini fans, Fanciulla is often regarded as an embarrassing mistake, and the Met has not staged it in 30 years. But last week's production was more than...